国会
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Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 国会 – see 國會 (“congress; national assembly; parliament; diet”). (This term is the simplified form of 國會). |
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 国 | 会 |
| こく > こっ Grade: 2 |
かい Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 國會 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Chinese 國會 / 国会 (guóhuì).
Noun
国会 • (kokkai) ←こくくわい (kokukwai)?
Proper noun
国会 • (Kokkai) ←こくくわい (Kokukwai)?
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) the National Diet (Japan's bicameral legislature)
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) the Cortes Generales (Spain's bicameral legislature)
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) the Parliament (France's bicameral legislature; Sri Lanka's and Singapore's unicameral legislature)
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) the House of Nation (Bangladesh's unicameral legislature)
Etymology 2
Proper noun
国会 • (Kokkai) ←こくくわい (Kokukwai)?
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) the National Assembly (South Korea's unicameral legislature)
Etymology 3
From Vietnamese Quốc hội.
Proper noun
国会 • (Kokkai) ←こくくわい (Kokukwai)?
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?) the National Assembly (Vietnam's unicameral legislature)
See also
- 議会 (gikai, “diet; parliament; congress”)
- 国民議会 (Kokumin Gikai)
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN